Where does “pomiotło” come from?

pomiotło (Polish) comes from Polish pomieść, from Polish mieść, from Proto-Slavic mesti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic met-, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

pomiotło (Polish): type of broom

Definitions

  1. type of broom

Ancestry of “pomiotło”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Polishpomieśćto hold in contempt, to ill-treat
2Polishmieśćto sweep
3Proto-Slavicmestito throw; to sweep
4Proto-Balto-Slavicmet-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →Every word from Proto-Balto-Slavic met- →Every word from Proto-Slavic mesti →